Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
{{Infobox film
| name = Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
| image = Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Charles Lamont
| producer =
| screenplay = Clarence Upson Young
| story = Elizabeth Troy
| starring = Wallace Ford
Mona Barrie
Donald Woods
Kathryn Adams Doty
Warren Hymer
Marc Lawrence
| music =
| cinematography = Stanley Cortez
| editing = Ted J. Kent
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1940|6|7}}
| runtime = 59 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}{{For|the 1930 film|Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!}}
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and written by Clarence Upson Young. The film stars Wallace Ford,{{Cite book |last=Besser |first=Joe |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Once_a_Stooge_Always_a_Stooge_The_Autobi/z7E2EAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Love,+Honor+and+Oh-Baby!+charles+lamont&pg=PT161&printsec=frontcover |title=Once a Stooge, Always a Stooge: The Autobiography of Hollywood's Most Prolific Funnyman |last2=Lenburg |first2=Jeff |last3=Lenburg |first3=Greg |date=2021-07-03 |publisher=Moonwater Press |isbn=978-0-9963206-2-7 |language=en}} Mona Barrie, Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams Doty, Warren Hymer and Marc Lawrence. The film was released on June 7, 1940, by Universal Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81970/love-honor-and-oh-baby |title=Love, Honor, and Oh-Baby! (1940) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2019-04-25}}{{cite web|author=Sandra Brennan |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/love-honor-and-oh-baby%21-v100526 |title=Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1940) - Charles Lamont |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2019-04-25}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/8319-LOVE,-HONOR,-AND-OH-BABY! |title=Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=2019-04-25}}
Premise
Joe Redmond is a radio reporter investigating Luffo, boss of a murder ring. Brian McGrath is Joe's roommate and he is so depressed he wants to die but because his insurance policy explicitly mentions that collecting of the insurance will be cancelled in case of suicide, he hires Luffo's hitmen to kill him.
==Cast==
- Wallace Ford as Joe Redmond
- Mona Barrie as Deedee Doree
- Donald Woods as Brian McGrath
- Kathryn Adams Doty as Susan
- Warren Hymer as Bull
- Marc Lawrence as Tony Luffo
- Hobart Cavanaugh as 'Gimpy' Darnell
- Eddy Waller as Panhandler
- Irving Bacon as Taxi Driver
- Frank Puglia as Headwaiter
- Thomas E. Jackson as District Attorney
- Vinton Hayworth as Man with Susan
- Matt McHugh as Taxi Driver
- Robert Frazer as Investigator
- David Oliver as Taxi Driver
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0032731|Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!}}
{{Charles Lamont}}
Category:American comedy films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Charles Lamont
Category:American black-and-white films